Want to install LNet into the Lazarus component palette in order to create a GUI program with TCPIP socket communications. I have already installed the lnet package in FPC 3.0.0 using the fppkg command line function. Then I could use lnet in a console program.

Now I need the visual components for lnet in Lazarus 1.6RC2, but I could not find how to install them.
I have only found this on the Internet:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/lNet#Installation
and its description does not work...

1) I have extracted the lnet-0.6.5.zip file into <lazarus>components. Contrary to directions there was no lnet-<version> dir created, just a lnet dir without any version number.

2) Next I am supposed to open the lnetvisual.lpk package file in Lazarus "Component/Open", but there is no such "Component" menu command in my Lazarus!
The closest I get is "Package/Open package file", so I tried that.

3) Next step is "Click on Install", but there exists no such button or function!

Since already at the first step the instruction was incorrect I might have wandered totally off track here.

Please supply a correct instruction to install lnet components in Lazarus 1.6RC2 (maybe not possible?)
(And update the wiki page above.)

Yes. It was renamed some years ago. I updated the wiki.

3) Next step is "Click on Install", but there exists no such button or function!

It's under "Use".

Mattias

Thanks,
what I did meanwhile was this:

- Clicked the Compile button
- Nothing seemed to happen so:
- I clicked the Use/Install function
- Then it said something about already busy or similar
- Still there appeared to be nothing going on, but I went for afternoon tea
- Came back and saw nothing changed so I assumed the Compile part was done and again activated Use/Install.
- But as before there is no indication that something is actually going on....
- It would be nice with a status message "Building package - Rebuilding Lazarus - Done"

While writing this post I suddenly saw some blinkings happening on the background window where VNC shows my RPi2 desktop, so I had a look and it looks exactly as when I left off.
However, I now have an lNet tab on my component palette!

Question:
Is there supposed to be some indication towards the user that something is going on when a package is being compiled or installed? If not then I suggest that it is added to Lazarus.

If thers is a message then I certainly saw nothing, so could it be platform dependent (Raspberry Pi2/Raspbian Jessie in my case) or display dependent (tightvnc server on RPi2 and VNC client on Win7 laptop)?

I installed FPC 3.0.0 and Lazarus 1.6RC2 from svn sources.

Found the problem:
The output goes to the Messages pane, which was hidden by a form belonging to the currently loaded project. So I did not see a thing. I started to suspect this but when I tried to minimize or close the form it did not work (maybe because Lazarus was busy). I managed to move it though and saw the Messages pane with the activity. Nice if the loaded project would have been closed or hidden while installing the package...